“It will not have any material impact on the club”. Of course not; the club is bankrolled by the ARU.

I think we all know about the dangers of throwing stones inside our own glass-house (q.v. the FirePower saga), but the Melbourne Rebels' continuing tales of financial woe have gone beyond the limits of credible fiction.

How do the ARU/RA plan to dig themselves out of this deepening financial hole?

More largesse from the Victorian taxpayers?

Somehow get their hands on a portion of the Minderoo money?

Increase the player levy and/or registration fees?

Ask for a bailout from World Rugby?

It's a sobering thought that after 20 years, the Melbourne Storm may only now be breaking even (cumulative losses since 1998 may be in the order of $100M).

I think we all know about the dangers of throwing stones inside our own glass-house (q.v. the FirePower saga), but the Melbourne Rebels' continuing tales of financial woe have gone beyond the limits of credible fiction.

How do the ARU/RA plan to dig themselves out of this deepening financial hole?

More largesse from the Victorian taxpayers?

Somehow get their hands on a portion of the Minderoo money?

Increase the player levy and/or registration fees?

Ask for a bailout from World Rugby?

It's a sobering thought that after 20 years, the Melbourne Storm may only now be breaking even (cumulative losses since 1998 may be in the order of $100M).

A bailout from the IRB would be disastrous as they will expect the money back in pounds or euros.

In NZ for a couple of days. Watched their version of Kick n Chase. They talked about what’s wrong in Australian Rugby.
1. No senior coaching development in 10yrs
2. No junior Rugby development over the last 10yrs
3. Snr leadership within the team does not exist. Last World Cup Aust has 100 gamers Giteau, AAC, Mitchell and Capt Steven Moore.
They now have a Capt that is not the best 7 in Australia and his SR peers did not include him in the players choice for the best SR team. He spends more time fixing his hair than captaining. No strong Snr leadership group effects team culture.